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Official U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission consumer incident report from the SaferProducts.gov public database. Use the verification links below to confirm the record on SaferProducts.gov or via the public database export.

Product

LG LMHM2017ST

Category

Kitchen Appliance

Report number

20180424-399A0-2147388395

Ownership age

About 57 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20180424-399A0-2147388395. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: LG LMHM2017ST. Incident: The LG Microwave was only 4 years old and it could have caught my kitchen on fire if we weren't home. It was not being used and started to heat and turned hot as well as my kitchen cabinet was beginning to get hot. Lucky my husband was home as well and we both smell something funny in the kitchen. Come to find out it was the microwave turning very hot.

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Official report number: 20180424-399A0-2147388395. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.